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Boca West Children’s Foundation from page 30 Other Programs That Received Funding This Summer Florence Fuller Child Development Center, American
Include: Association for Caregiving Youth, Sweet Dream Makers,
Best Foot Forward, which pairs program participants in Caridad Center, and the Youth Activity Center, to which the
the dependency system with an academic or graduation coach foundation is providing direct financial aid, food, and emotional
from kindergarten to college. Through one-on-one support, each support for those out of work and caring for young or old at risk.
coach provides a range of educational planning and monitoring Grandma’s Place, which provides children who have been
to ensure academic success. abused or neglected to have a place where they receive 24-hour
Boca Helping Hands, one of the largest community service care in a safe home-like environment; including many children
agencies in Palm Beach County, which is being asked to with disabilities or developmental delays.
maintain its critical services and provide additional support as KidSafe Foundation, which launched LearnSafe online
part of a coordinated response to the ongoing crisis. They have programming for families schooling from home and pods.
also starting to offer distance-learning options for professional Place of Hope, JAFCO, SOS Children’s Villages and
development and the job training program. HomeSafe, which have direct care responsibility for more than
The Education Foundation of Palm Beach County to help 1,000 at-risk children within the dependency system.
provide computers for the underserved kids who have none and Unicorn Children’s Foundation for its “virtual” Unicorn
will need to be home schooled for the foreseeable future. Connection.
The Faulk Center for Counseling to help fulfill its mission Viner Scholars to provide South Palm Beach County High
groups, psychoeducation on the prevention of abuse and violence, to promote emotional well-being through a variety of free and School students with four year scholarships to colleges and
safety planning, and case management. SAFE Kids’ services are low-cost programs for counseling, therapy, and support. universities in the State of Florida public educational system.
free and available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. YMCA of South Palm Beach County for drowning
Spirit of Giving’s Back to School Bash helped thousands prevention classes for children with special needs and day camp
of economically disadvantaged children and their families for children of first responders.
prepare for academic success by providing backpacks with About Boca West Children’s Foundation
school supplies as well as shoes, socks, school uniforms, The Boca West Foundation was launched in November of
school physicals, haircuts, lunch and snacks, dental and vision 2010. It came about as a desire by the thousands of volunteers
screenings and more. The Back To School Bash was held on from the Boca West Country Club to give back to Boca Raton
August 1 at the Village Academy in Delray. and the South Palm Beach County communities. The foundation’s
mission is to identify and fund projects to assist children and their
families in need in the area. Since its inception, the foundation
has funded more than $10 million for specific programs of more
than 30 charities.
For more information, visit www.bocawestfoundation.org,
call (561) 488-6980 or email foundation@bocawestcc.org. 